Apple now has one creative sub for iPad, Mac — but keeps Mac app purchases

Let’s skip to the part you care about: Apple Creator Studio now adds Pixelmator Pro and puts every major Mac and iPad creative app under one subscription, and it’s not too expensive. But just as importantly, though, you can still buy the Mac versions of Logic, Final Cut, Pixelmator, and others as a one-time purchase — no subscription needed.

Jazz Szu-Ying Chen and Surgeon remind us why craft and art matter

Surgeon’s Shell~Wave easily tops my favorite techno records from 2025, a nice return to form for Tresor Records. But as we’re awash in generated artwork, let’s devote our own brain cycles instead to listening to Surgeon talk to Taiwanese artist Jazz Szu-Ying Chen about the craft of making this album cover by hand.

Peter Kirn - December 10, 2025

3D visuals arrive in Ableton Live, easy as synths, with Unreal-powered SenSei

Mix in 3D, drop in 3D objects, lighting, text, particle systems: EboSuite Sensei delivers an entirely new ecosystem of modeled 3D VJing. Powered by Unreal Engine under the hood, SenSei runs as entirely self-contained Ableton Live Devices. And the results are already impressive – even on an M1+ Mac or decent PC GPU. EboSuite had […]

Peter Kirn - November 26, 2025

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